'A rich and enthusiastic study ... Reads like an extended love letter to an animal whose history is closely tangled with ours' Daily Telegraph
Scigliano, EricEric Scigliano, an editor at Seattle Metropolitan magazine, has written for many other publications, including Harper's, Discover, National Geographic and the New York Times. His latest book is Michelangelo's Mountain: The Quest for Perfection in the Marble Quarries of Carrara (Free Press). He first became fascinated with elephants as a child in Vietnam. He is also the winner of the Livingston and American Association for the Advancement of Science writing awards. He lives in Seattle.